6. I Am Coming to Your Kingdom, Prince Horrendous

Chapter Six examines the function of the genre of the fantastic – spanning fantasy, the supernatural, gothic literature, science fiction and the metaphysical. In this vein Lisboa explores Rego as a narrative artist, focusing on three different groups of images (drawn from children’s fairy tales and nursery rhymes, five different literary sources, and the picture Inês de Castro), all sharing the theme of violence in the name of love and all casting a series of Princesses Horrendous. Finally, the history, interpretation, and significance of those three different groups of images is considered.